check this out, guest host kelly king the ceo of bb&t bank plus vincent reinhart we can talk about some of these issues, mark zandi, jared bernstein, austan goolsbee, bob doll and ed lazear they're all going to join us to talk jobs the slow economic growth and the january rally. what it all means. >>> welcome back to "squawk." even the mountain of uncertainty the business have shown since have been showing by their resilience doing more with less joining us now to talk innovation in a slow growth economy steve howe managing partner at ernst & young and our guest host of course robert nardelli who has been with us throughout the program. thanks for being here, steve. >> thank you. >> so what is the biggest problem right now? or biggest challenge? you work with companies all over the world. >> we do. you know, bob often says you're a barometer of what's happening out there. and with 170,000 people around the world, advisory, bull markets, i really think we are. and there are challenges but i've been thrilled to see companies really innovating. growth companies, big companies, and some of